Weather Records on 12 October 1934

477 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1934. Highest significance: Visby_Flygplats, SE.

Key Facts for 12 October 1934

On 12 October 1934, 477 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
190 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 467 daily.
Visby_Flygplats set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 12 October 1934.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

477 stations

477 station records on 12 October 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kumsi	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Silverspur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgunnia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chowghat	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mysore	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbatore	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boonah Stark Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garah (Bengerang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holenarsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Honnali	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnarajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sorab	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapalam	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Doreen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Triprayar	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vedasandur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

477 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 245, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 12 October 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 467.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1934

Top 20 records on 12 October 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1934	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Murrawombi, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Mungindi (Burrenbah), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	M.R.A., AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Yetman (Warialda Street), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Palacode, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Kumsi, IN	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Selbu-Stubbe, NO	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Millmerran Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Leyburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Langmorn, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Sherbrooke, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Clifton Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Stuart Town, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Silverspur, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Allora Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1934	Maryland, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1805 to 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1934. 1934 had 477 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-12 in each year
Year	Records
1805	2
1809	1
1810	1
1814	3
1822	1
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	5
1879	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	14
1903	16
1904	30
1905	13
1906	16
1907	10
1908	13
1909	30
1910	13
1911	10
1912	30
1913	33
1914	17
1915	34
1916	29
1917	53
1918	29
1919	53
1920	79
1921	102
1922	21
1923	200
1924	129
1925	107
1926	201
1927	195
1928	714
1929	165
1930	606
1931	283
1932	398
1933	155
1934	477
1935	209
1936	301
1937	185
1938	470
1939	198
1940	235
1941	226
1942	540
1943	418
1944	274
1945	321
1946	554
1947	358
1948	311
1949	725
1950	594
1951	391
1952	352
1953	252
1954	911
1955	383
1956	899
1957	473
1958	448
1959	501
1960	449
1961	436
1962	971
1963	459
1964	636
1965	157
1966	423
1967	623
1968	443
1969	1,828
1970	763
1971	382
1972	412
1973	673
1974	369
1975	830
1976	582
1977	832
1978	525
1979	898
1980	741
1981	1,201
1982	777
1983	992
1984	636
1985	872
1986	1,510
1987	1,530
1988	1,015
1989	543
1990	1,325
1991	948
1992	865
1993	1,145
1994	934
1995	1,238
1996	816
1997	1,851
1998	741
1999	641
2000	1,095
2001	1,194
2002	1,139
2003	1,043
2004	750
2005	872
2006	1,357
2007	566
2008	1,669
2009	2,300
2010	797
2011	906
2012	921
2013	558
2014	514
2015	964
2016	374
2017	1,068
2018	1,195
2019	1,321
2020	655
2021	1,294
2022	439
2023	904
2024	958
2025	624
2026	710

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	365
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1